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[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] aeroflyluby:
Don't worry it's normal, I like darker one which has better contrast :D
[Android Software Development] mamoru16:
Hey everyone. I am trying to help out Fede over at launcherpro with a feature problem with his new LauncherPro Plus. I recommended a feature and told him that I would research it (now that he's being swamped with questions due to him opening up LauncherPro Plus for purchase)!

This issue is this: his new "People" widget doesn't show people's Facebook images. I suggested using a technique similar to what Handcent does in order to be able to access the facebook pictures linked in the contacts. Here's the conversation over at launcherpro com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1026

My question is does anyone know a good resource to point Fede in the right direction in order to achieve this? Any help would be great! Thanks!

EDIT: Sorry for the funky way of putting the LauncherPro forum link. I wasn't allowed to post an outgoing link in my post. :)
[Vibrant General] bryon13:
Has anyone else experienced this?

Sometimes (5-6 times in the last 24 hours) when the phone is sleeping, it will not wake when I hit power/unlock. I have tried installing no lock, hoping it was a glitch in the lock screen, but it still happens. The only way to fix it is to pull the battery.

Any advice?

Web sites are over-rated, when you have apps like these
[Vibrant General] joseromero:
Are you running setcpu? Mine was doing this when I would lower the speed with a screen off profile. I just uninstalled setcpu for now. I don't think the kernel supports it anyway.
[Vibrant General] bryon13:
No, I had it, but since I can't overclock yet, there was no need to keep it installed. I did a factory reset, so we'll see if this fixes things.
[Vibrant General] temperbad:
let us know how it goes... If you experienced any unable to wakes after the reset...
[Vibrant General] bryon13:
Seems to be working fine. I'm not sure what the problem WAS, but the reset seems to have fixed it.

Root and busybox were still intact. Had to re-do the lag fix. (Method 1)

I'll update if I get the issue again.

My phone is just so...VIBRANT
[Vibrant General] kiddiosky:
Samething happened to me yesterday morning. Woke up found my phone wouldn't go back up. I thought it was dead, until I pulled the battery. I haven't Root hack it or installed SetCPU.

Sorry to throw this issue in this topic, but anyone have any problem with the phone rotating sideway for WEB and Messaging? I thought when I first got it, it worked.. now it doesnt..
[Vibrant General] heygrl:
There is probably a common app here or something causing this because I don't ever recall hearing this type of issue with the Vibrant before this thread.
[Vibrant General] kingkesi:
I had the same thing happen to me and found after much trial and error that when I pulled my SD card out I was then able to wake the phone up. Apparently there was some problem with my SD (I was using it with my previous phone..MT3G) that was causing the Media scanning process to get stuck.

I ended up backing up what I needed from the SD and reformatting it. Since then I haven't had any issues. We may or amy not have the same root cause but hopefully this does help.
[Vibrant General] bryon13:
I'm thinking the problem HAS to be software related. After the reset, I've reinstalled everything I had before, and it's working like a charm! I've even used Titanium Backup to remove a lot of the bloatware, and still ruining great!

I just wish we could get a logcat, but when it happens, the phone is dead until you pull the battery.

My phone is just so...VIBRANT
[Vibrant General] duglas:
I am almost 100% SETCPU is the problem..

My phone would not come out of sleep.. I had to pull the battery and when I turned it on it would say "auto update of time and date".. That made me think the phone lost its internal battery and the phone was bad..

It started doing it right after I configured SETCPU... I installed the program last Thursday but never clicked on it.. I set it for on demand and that is when it started not coming out of sleep..

So I removed SETCPU and it still would not come out of sleep..

So I did a wipe all user data and it started working fine.. I installed SETCPU and it was still working fine.. I setup SETCPU for performance and it started messing up again and not coming out of sleep..

So, I wiped all user data again last night and it has been working perfectly since.. So I do not plan on reinstalling SETCPU...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mrassol:
Hello, I've tested different settings for GPS and I got this working the most

can somebody do the tests and tell me if they got better fix ?

First : type *#*#1472365#*#* on dialer app

then you got this screen :

Press Application Settings

Apply those settings :

hit return and press SUPL/CP Settings

Apply those settings :

hit return and press Delete GPS Data

then Hit Get Position Test

I got fix in 2/3 seconds on my device.

Tell me if it worked for you ... I'll make driving tests this afternoon ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Bynar010:
You joking? Enabling sky hook has been posted about a billion times already.

And until you've done a driving session your results mean nothing.

I can't get a lock if I change the other settings you've posted.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Tyxerakias:
No it makes no difference for me. I get a fast fix (I did before this anyway), but it's useless when driving. Drops the signal every few seconds (still JF3, but will test JG5 now that JF3 is finally out).

What improved mine a little bit, is to delete secgps.conf from /data/gps . It's the file that gets created when you fiddle around with those settings in the test mode. Samsung messed something up with their default values I think. If you switch your phone off and on, the file gets recreated with the default values, which are different now, and make more sense...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mrassol:
I know that skyhook fix has been already fixed :p the major fix is SUPL/CP changes

I'll do a drive test this afternoon
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mrassol:
well ... I'm back from a short driving test ... except for the first 100m everything is fine ... don't get any signal loss or wrong street ...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sammy555:
seems exactly the same to me b ut my gps has alweasy been spot on on newer firmwares anyway
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Marcolooij:
For me with skyhook on only it also works perfectly, no problems at all when driving. What i did notice is that when you cannot get a fix, closing all applications with a task killer works. After killing i get a fix right away again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Lemillion:
well its work with me fine i have new frimware XJG5:cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] mrassol:
well ... I came back from a long test drive, and it's not very accurate after all ... F**K :mad:

will try another thing ...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Bynar010:
Just wait for the firmware fix dude....you can go insane trying all the settings..trust me...wibble
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] widjaja74_us:
what if the problem with the GPS is hardware based? Do you think samsung will admit it and recall all the sets to be repaired? I dont think so....
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jofun:
Well, how about contacting official samsung support. I open'd a ticket myself on saturday, and so should do everyone. The only way to get this problem solved is to put pressure on samsung. It's important to contact some famous websites and tell them, that there are some issues about the galaxy s and than lets see. It worked with the iPhone so it will work with i9000.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Marcolooij:
If it is hardware related, you can also stop trying :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Marcolooij:
And off course start sending a complaint to Samsung
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] TravUK:
How did you contact them? I sent a web support request, submitted images and results from GPS Test, and a log from the GPS, and provided links to a video showing the failures. I also gave my work details since I'm an engineer associated with a number of their products..... 3 days later they responded with instructions on how to run Google Maps.

I also pinged engadget to see if I could get them to pick up the story, but we'd need more people doing that to get them to take notice.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jofun:
i contacted support hotline, after serveral calls and waiting for 4 days, they made up an engineering ticket to get me the hw specs of the gps module(there are no gps problems known in germany!). They wanted me to sent back my phone to a service dealer, but i said, that that probably won't solve the problem.

i also informed heise.de (largest german it portal) about the gps problems. So lets wait whats coming up next.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Bynar010:
Took the words right out of my mouth!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jofun:
yes, maybe it's hw related and it will never work with the galaxy s. thats no problem for me. i'll change it and buy a different phone. but i want a clear statement from samsung. thats what i can expect for 450€.

gps navigation is a warranted characteristics on their website and that gives you powerfull righty in germany.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] sammy555:
I honestly dont belive there is a hardware problem as mine locks real quick,is as accuate as any garmin or navman ive used and hasnt once lost lock in the car,and ive been out in very rainy weather.I can only vouch fpr co pilot as its the only gps program ive got but its lock is flawless.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jofun:
@sammy

please be so kind let me know, whats the max number of satellites your sgs has in sight, to how many it can connect and whats the max snr using GPS Test.

standing on a bridge with no trees or buildings around, my sgs is only capable of tracking 8 satellites, max locks was 6 yesterday (but only for a second, normaly 5 locks) and the max snr is below 40. using xxjf3 and any of the settings mentioned here or elsewhere.

nearly every other GPS module has >12 channels and can lock more satellites the same time with a higher snr than sgs. afaik there is no *navigation* system with less then 12 channels.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] fua:
I tested Copilot today and everything worked very good. Movement was smooth

and location almost exact. When I was at the intersection then Copilot showed the same etc.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] NeoXTC:
my galaxy 16gb I don't have any problems with gps when going normally. But I noticed a spot when I go into the city on this particular road in Brisbane CBD it screws up the GPS. then it becomes fine again. Going on highway to and from work it works fine.

I have not done any fixes for my gps. Could it be interference when I went to CBD?
[General Questions and Answers] Whiskas2009:
Wont Start FroyoRider_v0.6.1.zip

Hi ,, nice Rom this one ... But now i tried to go into FastBoot i came in ,, then i turn of My htc Magic from there ..Then i tried to start as Normal but now it wont start ,,,, it just reboot and reboot and reboot . Only comes to Htc Magic and then it starts over the same , And i cant get in to None of the Boot meny ,, and not in Sicurity mode either ,,, What can i do to get it back on the road ,,, Please help..:eek::eek:
[General Questions and Answers] Whiskas2009:
No one can help ,,,, please
[Vibrant General] metalfan78:
I rooted my vibrant ans was deleting some bloatware I don't use and I accidentally removed the camera. I tried using astro and root explorer to reinstall it and I get 'application not installed'. Any ideas or help would be appreciated.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] smiskkissen:
cool.. will try. like the idea of overclocking before boot
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zorxd:
can you post a diff file of what you modified?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] erasmux:
diffs of which change?

there are a lot of changes and fixes, which range from fixes by me in the source code, to just copying/applying files from others.

I think it would be better to keep this thread open for issues and questions about the usage of these fixes. Still I will be more than happy to share anything I have done - please contact me with the exact change you are interested, either by PM or open a new thread if you think it is of general interest for developers.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zorxd:
There are literaly dozens of different kernels floating arround, all of which are always "brand new super fast ultra optimized". From a user perspective it's hard to tell which one is the best. I think this community needs more openness in the developpement. I think it would be a good habit if developpers posted their diff files (of everything) instead of just saying that they made "optimizations".

thanks for your work
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] erasmux:
Trying it out might help in deciding which is the best for you. There is no such thing as an absolute best, sorry. To each his needs and his preferences. I also included a convenient undo update script which restores the original kernel.

Personally, I am not aware of any other kernels for the VillainROM (except the original one by ninpo) and for me my kernel works better. Additionally, I have gotten very good feedbacks for my kernel and fixes on iandroid (using HebVillain which is very tightly based on VR12). So I thought others here might want to try it and maybe would also like it. Please also feel free to bash it, but please try it first and then reply with comments which I can relate too.

Finally, I am all for complete openness: If you are really interested in the kernel sources, you can find them along with all my changes here which could be of great to help to you especially if you want to compile the hero kernel yourself. In such a case I would recommend starting from here. The biggest other change is the RTL fix, for which you find the diffs here (it is verses the eclair branch of the android source code). As for the other files & changes I did, I have tried to detail as much as possible in my original post.

Feel free to contact me (also by PM) if you want more info or help.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lbrenes:
I just installed your Kernel and the Boot Optimization and brother my phone is flying!!!! GREAT JOB!!!

100% recommended flash for your VR12

THANKS!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fallos:
yep!

all great! you are the MAN =)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] medo159:
good work erasmux, does it work with Arabic language with Arabic fonts installed ? I mean connected letters :)

Thanks a lot
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] erasmux:
I hope it does. I don't use Arabic, but if there are problems, report them and I'll do my best to fix them.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 0ftal:
Good job erasmux!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chr15gb:
Problems for me.....

Installed Kernel & Optimization and Boot time optimization

Made all my icons go to pot,

"problem loading gadget" on powerbar,

"problem loading gadget" on Battery Meter Widget

Game Icons, CoPilot live, System Widget all showing default app icon.

Lost a WHOLE LOAD of installed apps, simply not there listed any longer. So many gone I can't recall what I have lost.

Tried the undo file Original VR12 Kernel:

Got my apps back but still probs with some widgets, boot screen remained the HTC one (didn't revert to the villian screen)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] erasmux:
First, I have fixed the kernel restore file in the original post to also restore the original villain boot animation, note that the new file is called: V12-RestoreKernel_.zip (with additional _ at end)

Thanks, for the remark.

Regarding the apps, that is very weird. Did you get these "problem loading gadget" on the screen or where? A logcat from the start of the boot would be very helpful (although I can understand if you don't want to flash it again just to help me debug...).

Regarding the widgets (when the apps do appear) ,try clearing the HTC Sense data (unfortunately this will reset your desktop but it should restore your widgets and its better than having to reinstall everything).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chr15gb:
I'll have to have a go later.. tied up at the mo..

Prob loading gadget appeared on the screen (still does).

Will try clearing sense and post back later.

EDIT: Clearing Sense worked. Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fallos:
made battery callibration (http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=97&t=1789&start=20#p19769).. full charge (~17:15).. after 5 hours using phone.. 5-7 calls (1-5min each), 30 min wifi and playing =) and now ( 22:40) 99% battery!!! blja, im very happy!!!!!!!!!!

cpu always 245-576mhz

only like with original VR12 kernel after few hours of use at 576mhz linpack score down from 2.5 to 1.8 , but after installed autokiller ( preset 60mb) it's always 2.45-2.57

now i think VR12 the best!

Thank you one more time! will write back tomorrow eve =)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zorxd:
is this included stuff really usefull or it can be disabled?

ipv6 (lot of different options)

LZO and ARC4 crypto stuff

extra PPP stuff (MPPE, PPPOLAC, PPOPNS)

DSCP and TCPOPTSTRIP

INET_TUNNEL

XFRM_IPCOMP

CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE

the /proc/config.gz (kernel .config support)

Also, I noticed that the device boot with mem=64M. Does it mean that the rest of the RAM isn't used?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] erasmux:
AFAIK the only way to change this is to recompile the kernel.

Many of what you said I saw requests here on XDA that kernel developers add (there applications which use it). Please note that many of those modules do not automatically load and need to be manually loaded so they should not have any effect.

Others stuff, mainly the IPv6 stuff i doubt anyone uses - must have "inherited" it from the config i used as a base. I will look into it for future release if I can remove that stuff.

About the mem=64 I am not sure what that is, my phone is definitively using the full memory. I will also try to understand and possibly adjust that for future releases.

Thanks for the input.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zorxd:
An other question, is a kernel really tied to a specific ROM? I have VR12 right now so I could try it, but I was also thinking of upgrading to a 2.2 ROM.

About the modules, I think that most of the stuff that I noticed was compiled in (=y) and not as modules (=m). If they are only used by 1% of the users, I think it would be better to have them as modules and make sure that they don't load automatically at boot.

Also, do you know if it is better to have a small frequency table (with, let say, only 3 choices) to avoid excessive frequency switching?

Is the dalvik to SD trick included worth it for those of us with the original 2GB SD card?
[General Topics] idasfa38:
thinking about buying either of these phones but don't know which one to buy. love the Legend's design, but the Desire's better hardware and a bigger screen. HELP ME CHOOSE! can people with experiences with both phones give their input?
[General Topics] Robin.B:
What will be the price difference for you? The Desire is clearly the better choice here, MUCH better screen (higher resolution, bigger), faster processor, and usually found for a similar price as the legend. I would say the Legend has a more interesting build, pretty much a single chunk of metal whereas the desire is less rugged but still well built. I think as Android moves on with version 2.2 3.0 etc. you will find the Legend too slow and far behind. And going from 480x320 to 800x480 really does make a big difference.
[General Topics] TheDeadCPU:
I got a Desire and my brother has a Legend, the Desire is WAY better and worth it! It's not that much more expensive :D
[General Topics] AndroHero:
desire no contest, the legend looks good but its hardware is too old now
[General Topics] orb3000:
Have a look here for a detailed comparative.

I would choose Desire it has better specs.
[General Topics] idasfa38:
ye now i'm thinking about getting a desire now, but i really love the legend's design, is there a really that much of a difference in performance? and do you use the trackpad much because there are buttons right next to both sides of it and looks restrictive. the desire looks a bit flimsy, does it feel it? wat colour should i get?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
After many hours of work, VanillaEclair 5.0 is ready. This one has been compiled by me from CyanogenMod 5.0.8 sources, so kudos to him.

<?php
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/
?>

Even though this is a stable release, suitable for daily use, there might still be some bugs around. So please, before reporting any, please check post #3(up-to-date bug list). Please describe your problem and provide either a logcat(if it was a soft reboot, error or boot loop), or /proc/last_kmsg (if it was a hard reboot).

What is included:

- Everything that goes with Eclair

- All hardware working(GPS, A-GPS, lights, camera, A2DP etc.)

- Launcher PRO as the default launcher

- Google Apps

VanillaEclair extras:

- 2.6.29 kernel with my own set of tweaks

- Facebook sync(you need to install Facebook app from Market)

- Built-in USB tethering(check post #2 for more info)

- Built-in Spare Parts(under Settings/System)

- FLAC audio support

- large APN list

- camera doesn't timestamp pictures anymore

- GPS fixes

- notification bar doesn't have round corners

- busybox, root &co

- music app can respond to long-press and short-press on the volume buttons

- new Apps2SD method that can be enabled from the settings

- better organized settings

Please perform a FULL WIPE before flashing this. I won't provide support if you got errors and you didn't wipe for some reason. A clean install is always better!!!

Latest version: VanillaEclair 5.0 20/07/2010

Download: VanillaEclair 5.0 NAS @ 691/176MHz

MD5SUM: d6fb818209b48664cb7d6693f0570e5b

Extras:

Download: VanillaEclair 5.0 LoKernel @576/176

Download: VanillaEclair 5.0 Freekernel @576/176 (OC Widget to set any frequencies you want)

Download: VanillaEclair 5.0 ExtremeKernel @768/176 + JIT

Download: JIT Pack (see post #2)

A few known issues:

- You may get stuck on boot sometimes, right after A2SD is enabled. Perform an "adb reboot" and everything will be fine.

- Not all apps in Market are available.

- Multitouch does not work in some apps.

PS: See post #2 for more info and screenshots, and post #3 for reported bugs.

If you like this, please consider supporting me by making a small donation. Thank you!

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
More info:

1. USB Tethering

I've managed to fix it with kosmiq's help. So, you can enable wired tethering from the menu(settings -> wireless and networks). But, when you disable it, you won't have ADB access. To regain ADB access, you either reboot or turn off then turn back on USB Debugging. That's all.

2. JIT

Enabling JIT is very simple. Pull /system/build.prop, comment the last line(add "#" in front of it), save, and push to /system. Then reboot. To disable JIT, pull /system/build.prop, and remove the comment, then push it back.

3. Screenshots
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
Bugs:

- not all apps are shown in market

- multitouch does not work with some apps
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Judim:
Downloading.... Wiping everything.... Flashing.... Booting.... Updating signature.... Titanium Restoring.... Parametring.... Enjoying !

Thank you @RaduG. This final release seems to be like perfect. Snappiness is here.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] palokalo:
Why are not all Apps in Market? I stay by VE4 until this bug is in VE5..